ANAESTHETIC

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anæsthetic agents.

2.
a.

Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anæsthetic effect or operation.

3.
n.

That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.